Did you ever wonder how an animal as large as a polar bear or reindeer floats? The answer is hollow hair, a remarkable ...

The changing climate poses a major threat to polar bear survival. But new research suggests that rising temperatures may be altering polar bear DNA in ways that help them adapt and endure in ...

The species is adapting to warmer temperatures ...

Regular folks who care about wildlife generally know that climate change is bad for polar bears, but they have only vague ...

In fact, polar bears do not actually have white fur. No, we aren’t kidding. These fluffy mammals, which survive in the icy ...

Deep in the ice-covered peaks of Norway lies the sleepy Arctic village of Svalbard. With fewer than 3,000 residents, its inhabitants are primarily wildlife. Arctic foxes scurry from their burrows, ...

In a remote corner of Southeast Greenland, a small, isolated group of polar bears is doing something scientists once thought would take far longer: reshaping its own DNA to keep pace with a rapidly ...

It's a beautiful story out of the arctic to end your year on a good note. A polar bear mom took on a second (presumably orphaned) cub in only the 13th recorded case of adoption for this species in the ...

The northernmost subpopulation of grizzlies is made up of only a few hundred bears spread out over a large, food-scarce ...

It’s hard to look at a polar bear and not feel a mix of awe and alarm. They’re massive and built for survival on Arctic ice.